A reposted item of news about MCMSki IV: as posted by Brad Carlin this afternoon to the Biometrics Section and Bayesian Statistical Science Section of the ASA,

The fifth joint international meeting of the IMS (Institute of Mathematical Statistics) and ISBA (International Society for Bayesian Analysis), nicknamed “MCMSki IV”, will be held in Chamonix Mont-Blanc, France, from Monday, January 6 to Wednesday, January 8, 2014.  The meeting, the first for the newly-created BayesComp section of ISBA, will focus on all aspects of MCMC theory and methodology, including related fields like sequential Monte Carlo, approximate Bayesian computation, Hamiltonian Monte Carlo.  In contrast with the earlier meetings, it will merge the satellite Adap’ski workshop into the main meeting by having parallel invited and contributed sessions on those different themes, as well as poster sessions on both Monday and Tuesday nights.  In addition, a one-day post-conference satellite workshop on Bayesian nonparametrics, modelling and computations (“BNPski)” will be held in the same location on January 9th, 2014.

Please see our conference website,

http://www.pages.drexel.edu/~mwl25/mcmski/

for more information, including links to the preliminary program, lodging and travel information, and our conference registration page.  Please note the “early bird” registration deadline of *October 15, 2013*.

Finally (and most importantly for some), we are very pleased to announce that we have received funds from ISBA, SBSS, and other sources sufficient to help support the travel expenses of some junior investigators (defined as current PhD student, or less than 5 years since PhD). Information about how to apply for this support can be found at:

http://www.pages.drexel.edu/~mwl25/mcmski/student.html

Note that to apply you must first register with the ISBA website (if you have not done so already) and submit your abstract to the ISBA Abstract Page.  Full directions are given at the link above.  The deadline to apply for this financial support is also October 15, 2013.

We look forward to welcoming you in Chamonix this January!

Best,

Brad Carlin, Antonietta Mira, and Christian Robert
MCMSki IV conference co-organizers